NEW YORK – Tom Clancy is going digital.

The author of such blockbusters as “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger” is finally making his work available electronically, starting Feb. 3 with his breakthrough novel, “The Hunt for Red October.”

Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Inc. made the announcement Thursday.

Clancy’s books will be available in all e-formats.

Executives Laura Porco of Amazon.com and Chris Smith of Sony Reader said Thursday that Clancy had been in great demand by customers.